You Can’t Distribute Condoms In School – Catholic Bishops

You Can’t Distribute Condoms In School – Catholic Bishops

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You Can’t Distribute Condoms In School – Catholic Bishops
The
Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, has criticised the
“Gender and Equal Opportunities Bill” saying some of its content could
“provide an avenue for the legalization of much anti-human life and
anti-family activities.”

The clerics, in a communique at the end
of their conference, also condemned the distribution of condoms and
other contraceptive pills in schools.

“Whereas we acknowledge
some legitimate rights due to women and the need to promote them, we,
nevertheless, condemn the provisions of the “Gender and Equal
Opportunities Bill,” which could provide an avenue for the legalisation
of many anti-human life and anti-family activities. We therefore demand
that such provisions be expunged from the Bill.

“Similarly, we
condemn in unmistakable terms the indiscrete distribution of condoms and
contraceptive pills in our schools, youth service orientation camps and
private/government health institutions. No person, authority or
institution has the right to terminate human life.”

They also
demanded the immediate action of government to ensure adequate and even
distribution of voter registration materials across the country.

The communique was issued at the end of the CBCN’s first plenary session for 2018 in Abuja.
The
clerics also lamented what they described as reports of inadequate
voter registration materials experienced in specific parts of the
country.

Although the Catholic bishops did not state the region
where the said report about poor voter registration materials allegedly
emanated from, the conference regarded the situation as unfortunate. It
also condemned recent reports of underage voting allegedly experienced
in Kano State.

“Elections are around the corner. This process
begins with the registration of voters, an exercise that has already
started nationwide.

Reports reaching us from all over the nation
indicate that in many places facilities for registration are not
available, thus depriving many people of the right to register for
voting. It is equally reported that such difficulty in registration
often target certain segments of the community.

“Furthermore, we
hear of the registration of underaged persons. It is quite unfortunate
that our young people allow themselves to be used as canon fodders in
electoral malpractices.

Government and especially Independent
Electoral Commission (INEC), should address these serious lapses with
utmost urgency and without discrimination and bias,” the statement
signed by the former CBCN President, Ignatius Kaigama, and his team of
officers said.